Portable toilet



March 2 1926. 61,575,131

E. M. SCHUMACHER PORTABLE TOILET Filed April 8, 1925 Etta MaySehunaachgr Patented Mar. 2, i925.

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ETTA MAY scHUMAoHEn, or sTooKTon, CALIFORNIA.

PORTABLE TOILET.

Application filed April 8, 1925. Serial No. 2 1,499.

1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ETTA MAY SCHU- MAGHER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, county of SanJoaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Portable Toilets; and I do declare the following to 7beafull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part. of this application. 1

This invention relates to. improvements in camping equipment oraccessories, the

principal object of my invention being to provide a portable, toiletstructure which may be set up in any desired location relative to a campand will then afiord the user complete privacy.

A further object is to construct the apparatus in such a manner that itmay be very quickly set up for use and asquickly disassembled, and whichwhen set up will provide a substantially tent-like enclosure which isdirectlysupported from and then practically forms a part of the toiletstructure.

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A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective each made of asingle piece of wood, the

for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a'perusal of the following.specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of the complete structure as set upand ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the side en closure removed. v

i 3 is a side viewv of the seatmember in sectioni Fig. 4 is afragmentary view of the upper end of one of the enclosure supportingmembers. i

Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the struc' ture as dismantled and packedready for transportation.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference onthe'drawings, 1

and 2 denote a pairof flat elements forming a seat and preferably. areof equal size. These elements are hinged together on their under sideby'hinges 3, so that saidaele ments may be folded down to lie againsteachother and will when outstretched form a continuous plane surface.and the hinges areof such substantial char- These parts acter thatwhenthus outstretched to form I a seat they will not tend to buckle orcollapse with any reasonable weight thereon. The members 1 and 2amprovided with the necessary oval opening 4, whose major axis preferably"extends transversely of the hinged edges of said members.

- Adjacent the four outer corners of the seat on the undersidethereofare sockets 5, sunk therein so that their lower edges liepractically flush with the bottom ,of the seat.

These sockets removably receive the upper ends of legs 6 whichsupportthe seat a suitable distance from the ground. The legs areinterchangeable in the sockets and preferably have a bayonetlockconnection of well known type therewith, sothat if desired the seatmay be lifted up and shifted from one place to another without the legscomingout. If preferred however, a quicksthread screw connection may beused between the legs and sockets instead of the other form of lock. Theseat pieces are preferably edges being lined with a metal strip 7 toprotect the same and prevent warping.

The front seat piece 1 carries on each side just in front of the hingededge vertical is refined with at secured in a bridge or cross-bar 12adapted to extend over to the top section 9 of the other standard, whichlatter section carries a pin 13 on top over which the adjacent end ofthe cross-bar removably fits. By employing a hinge connected between thebar and the standard section, said bar when not in use may be foldeddown alongside and outside of said section, as indicated in Fig. 1. Whenarranged for use the strain is taken off the hinge since one end of thebar rests on the head 10 and the other end on top of the oppositestandard.

The standard sections are all interchangeable except the upper ones,which of course are easily identified by reason of their part ticularconstruction and the lack of the slipjoint sockets on top.

Pivoted at one end on top of the bar 12 centrally between the endsthereof is a relatively short arm 14 arranged for horizontal swingingmovement.

' Vihen not in use this arm is turned to lie on the bar 12, but when inoperation 'is adapted to support a surrounding enclosure 15 of canvas orthe like which is open from the top to the bottom at the front, as shownin Fig. 1.

This enclosure is adapted to extend from the top of the standards to theground and is so shaped and cut that while at its upper end the lengthof the top edge is such as to only extend between the standards and fromthe latter to the outer end of the arm 12 in the form of a triangle; atits lower end the length of the edge is sufficient to extend all aboutthe seat in spaced relation thereto in the form of arectangle.

The enclosure therefore has a diverging slope all around from top tobottom, so that there is plenty of room for the feet and legs of theuser inside the enclosure without bulging the same outwardly.

To hold the enclosure from undesired removal from the standards and arm,the arm 14 has upwardly projecting pins 16 at both ends, while a similarpin 17 projects from the arm 12 above the head 10. The pin 13 alreadyprovided on the section 9 is also used.

The upper edge of the enclosure is provided with a corresponding numberof eyes 18 arranged in properly spaced relation to removably fit overthe above described pins. When the enclosure is thus connected up, itwill be seen that the arm 14 is held against swinging movementfrom oneside to the other since the canvas extends taut between the standards tosaid arm.

The lower corners of the enclosure may be fastened or heldto the groundby tent pegs '19 so as to secure the enclosure in proper spaced relationto the seat and prevent the wind from dislodging the same, without ofcourse I interfering with the front flaps formed between twocorresponding corners.

The provision of the forwardly extending pins.

By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that all parts detachable fromthe seat and from eachother, except the enclosure, are of such. lengththat they may all be disposed alongside the folded seat withoutprojecting be-. yond the same. The parts when thus arranged relative toeach other may then be all held together by a'suitcase handle strapstructure of ordinary character as indicated at 20. The structure willthen be as compact in size as the ordinary Stllt-CZLFG and as easy tocarry around or stow away.

If desired, however, a receptacle of canvas of other suitable materialcould be provided in which to pack the various parts instead of usingthe straps.

A pocket 21 of convenient size is preferably provided on the inner faceof the enclosure 15, to one side or the other of the seat. 7

If desired only the standard to which the bar 12 is permanently attachedmay be employed, omitting the other one. In this case, the one standardwould of course be made with sufficient inherent rigidity to support theweight of the enclosure without bending over.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

lVhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from'the spiritofthe invention as defined by the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A portable toilet comprising a seat adapted to be supported fromtheground, a standard projecting upwardly from the seatand demountablysupported therefrom, a

bar mounted on top of the standard and adapted to extend horizontallyacross the plane of the seat or to be folded to lie alongside thestandard, an arm pivoted-onto said bar and adapted to extendhorizontally at an angle thereto or to lie in alignment therewith, and aflexible side enclosure for the seat hung from the ends of the bar andfrom the outer end of the arm.

2. A portable toilet comprising a seat adapted to be supported from theground, a standard projectingupwardly from the seat and demountablysupported therefrom, a bar hinged at one end on top of the standard andadapted to extend horizontally across the plane of the seat or to befolded to lie alongside the standard, demount-able means for supportingthe other end of the bar from the seat, and a flexible side enclosurefor the seat adapted tobe detachably hung from the ends of the bar andthe outer end of the arm.

3. A portable toilet comprising a seat adapted to be supported from theground, standards projecting upwardly from opposite sides of the seatand demountably supported therefrom each section being formed of anumber of sections demountably secured together, a cross bar flexiblyv Aadapted to be detachably hung from the top means mounted in connectionwith said first named means for supporting the top of the enclosurecentrally between the said opposed points and in substantially thevertical plane of the front of the seat, said enclosure slop ingoutwardly from the top down whereby the enclosure will lie'outwardly ofthe front of the seat at the level thereof,

5. A portable toilet comprising aseat, demountable legs for thevseat, aflexible side enclosure for theseat above the same, and a standard fromwhich the enclosure detachably depends projecting upwardly from the seatand demountably supported therefrom, said standard being formed of anumber of detachable sections; the length of the legs and of saidsections being not greater'than the length of one side of the seat,whereby when the parts are dismounted from the seat and from each otherthey may lie alongside of the same without projecting therebeyond.

- 'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ETTA MAY SCHUMAOHER.

